Champions League Thread (the dawn of time - 2014)

[Kiko_97]

My Team
VDS
Brown
Vida
Ferdz
Evra
CR7
Scholes
Predator(anderson)
Giggs
Wazza
The Incredible Hulk(tevez)
4-4-2

 

[Leicester Fox]

Good result for us, away was always going to be tough and we definitely deserved a draw and probably more. Fergie is really winding me up now, Giggs isn't good enough. Sorry, he can be used as an impact player of the bench bu he's just not good enough and I've been saying it for ages. Scholes isn't playing well enough atm to be starting these games either, Carrick should have played ahead of Scholes and Anderson should have been replaced by Tevez. As it was we changed the side and score, what a shock. Should get through the second leg anyway. Rooney should have scored but he always misses them, his finishing really needs some work. Good result anyway.

Arsenals wasn't bad, Milan didn't get the away goal but going back to the san siro if Milan play like they did against us they'll lose so they'll just have to raise their game and hope Milan have an off night. Celtic lol, don't mind giving away away goals. There going out.

 

[Bilal91]

well arsenal good have scored with the last kick of the match...well header...lol...great teasing cross by walcott and adabeyor running it just hits it too powerfully into the crossbar with an open net infront...if that went in; it would have been a great result for us but as it stands, it isn't bad...we had several chances...about 5-6 good ones...but we always seemed to hit it straight at their goalkeeper...

but if they perform like this away...and arsenal can get a few league wins in between; then i think they can go through...1-0...or even if it's 1-1 we will go through cos of away goals...

BUT we should have won this...honestly...

 

[MasterBlaster76]

That's a decent result for us tonight, I'm sure we'll finish the job at Old Trafford. That Tevez goal was crucial.

 

[PhilD123]

Good result tonight, was slightly worried at 1-0, but 1-1 is a very good scoreline away from home in the Champions League. I've no doubt that we can beat them comfortably at OT. Tevez and Nani made a massive impact when they came on. Giggs just isn't good enough to start anymore these days, its a real shame and he could still be a decent squad player, but it seems like he's playing for the record. Scholes has come back from injury, so it would be wrong to put him with Giggs at the moment, but he needs to improve.

Joe, Anderson should have been replaced by Tevez? What?:o Anderson's been one of our best players over the last few weeks. The lad is so, so special, he's got a big future. Nani's cross for the goal was superb, half a yard and put it right on the money! I agree with you on Carrick though and on Rooney's finishing. I've never understood why players when one-on-one, as Rooney tonight and him and Tevez on Saturday, hit the ball on the ground, when the goal is gaping for them to dink it over the keeper.

That Adebayor miss at the end was classic! Fantastic stuff, how did he miss! It was a good result at the Emirates really as any Milan win will do and Milan are very strong at home. Wouldn't bet against Arsenal getting a sneaky counter attack goal though and the nation's press describing it as the second greatest ever English performance in Europe, only 2nd because of Liverpool's amazing 2-0 win against a 10 man Inter. Celtic are basically out now, there's no way they're getting back into that one.

 

[Will_NA]

I was really impressed with the performance today. The linking-up was slick, the passing was accurate. The only negative was the horrendous finishing. We created at least 3 great opportunities.

Senderos was fantastic. His best Arsenal performance by far! He was strong, solid and made no mistakes. Hleb and Flamini wer brilliant yet again but Fabregas was fantastic considering his performances in the past few weeks.

Milan were horrible today. Their midfield lost the vast majority of 50-50s (when your midfield includes Gattuso, that shouldn't happen. Pato didn't make enough runs behind. The defence was really slow and we outpaced them everywhere. Kaka showed glimpses but wasn't in the game enough.

We should have won. At least we didn't concede an away goal. If Milan play like that at the San Siro, we will win.

 

[m_vaughan]

Except that Milan wont play like that at the San Siro

 

[Leicester Fox]

Joe, Anderson should have been replaced by Tevez? What?:o Anderson's been one of our best players over the last few weeks. The lad is so, so special, he's got a big future. Nani's cross for the goal was superb, half a yard and put it right on the money! I agree with you on Carrick though and on Rooney's finishing. I've never understood why players when one-on-one, as Rooney tonight and him and Tevez on Saturday, hit the ball on the ground, when the goal is gaping for them to dink it over the keeper.

Carricks been better than Anderson imo although maybe we should have started both of them. Anyway we shouldn't play 4-5-1 so Tevez and Rooney have to play.

 

[PhilD123]

Yeah I agree about 4-4-2. Play Ronnie on the right, Carrick and Anderson in the middle and Nani on the left with Rooney and Tevez up front. I disagree with you about Carrick over Anderson, Carrick's played well, but Anderson's been immense recently, better than Carrick imo.

 

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[evertonfan]

The Norweigan league must be abysmal if we can beat its champions 8-1 on aggregate.

 

[Leicester Fox]

Well those are the teams Platini wants to take up our 4th champions league spot.

 

[m_vaughan]

Really? Shows how little you know about football...
Bolton, 15th in the EPL against Atletico, 4th in La Liga, 1-0 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup to Bolton, and Atletico didn't really trouble them.

If you had been reading the coach's remarks throughout the season, you'd know by now how little he cared about the UEFA Cup and saw it as a massive distraction that could hurt the team's chances of finishing in the top 4.

Besides it isnt right to judge leagues purely based on the performances over two legged matches.

Over a decent period of time, Atletico (as much as I hate them) would kick Bolton's back side.

And Inter always screw up in Europe. Some mental block they have, as they look a completely different side when playing in Serie-A.

 

[Kiko_97]

why are we talking about the UEFA Cup in A UCL thread back on topic or post report for spam

 

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